Tax services · Texas sales & franchise tax
Federal income tax is only one part of operating a business in Texas. Depending on what you sell and how you are organized, sales tax and franchise tax may require recurring filings and records that can stand up to review. Our founder worked as a Tax Enforcement Officer at the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts — so we know what those records are expected to look like.
Sales & use tax
Compliance depends on accurate records of taxable and nontaxable sales. We organize the sales data so the amounts reported to the Comptroller trace back to the underlying records — which is exactly what an audit asks for.
Franchise tax
Texas entities file a franchise tax report each year whether or not tax is owed, and the rules changed for 2026 reports — total revenue and cost of goods sold now follow current federal tax law rather than the 2007 Internal Revenue Code.
The 2026 depreciation change in cost of goods sold can move your margin materially if you own equipment — trucks, trailers, shop machinery, construction plant. Worth reviewing before the May report. See the rule change and its official source →
Records that matter
Particularly valuable for automotive and repair shops, retail, and construction-related businesses, where taxable and nontaxable transactions sit side by side on the same invoice.
A zero-dollar sales tax return filed on time costs nothing. Filed late, it carries a $50 late-report fee even with no tax due.
Notices & audits
Account research, prior-period review, notice response, and audit support — including reconstructing the records an audit asks for. Send us the letter and we will tell you what it is actually asking and what the response should be.
See tax resolutionPermit status, filing frequency, prior periods, exemption documentation — a short review tells you whether anything needs fixing before the Comptroller asks.
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